10.4% ▲ +427.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bilyana · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bilyana
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Job patterns have shifted over the last decade in Bilyana, where almost half of the workforce now relies on farming and fishing. This is a sparsely populated area where the unemployment rate of 10.4% is now well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer people here work full-time compared to most areas, with the 54.2% rate falling well below the Queensland figure. While around 59.6% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas.
59.6% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 45.8% of workers. Other common sectors include wholesale trade at 8.4% and manufacturing, health care, and other services, which each account for 6.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 24.1%, followed closely by managers at 22.9%. Other roles include community and personal service workers at 15.7% and technicians and trades at 13.3%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Bilyana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30253/bilyana/topic/employment